Game #12 & 13
ART U Urban Knights (8-3) vs. #17 Point Loma (9-5)
Friday, March 1, 2019 at 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.
San Francisco – Benedetti Diamond
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Game #14 & 15
ART U Urban Knights (8-3) vs. #17 Point Loma (9-5)
Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.
San Francisco – Benedetti Diamond
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PACWEST PLAY BEGINS WITH POINT LOMA
After a successful non-conference stretch to begin the season, Academy of Art begins PacWest play hosting a tough No. 17 ranked Point Loma.

FIRST PITCH
ART U will have their PacWest opener against Point Loma Friday, March 1 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Benedetti Diamond in San Francisco. The following day is set for the same start time and location and will feature an ART U branded Popsocket giveaway for the first 300 fans. Transportation will be provided for all Academy of Art students with fan buses leaving 620 Sutter St. at 10:15 a.m. Remember to follow @ARTU_Knights via the athletics app (Apple App Store, Google Play Store) and on Twitter & Instagram as well as "Like" the Urban Knights on Facebook for score updates, videos, and recaps.

KNIGHT WATCH
Junior pitcher Galen Manhard secured his fourth  save on Feb. 23 to break the single season and career saves record for ART U in their 4-3 win over the Nighthawks. The junior southpaw is off to an exceptional start with a 2.84 earned run average, four saves, and 11 strikeouts in 6.1 innings of work. Senior pitcher Mason Verhees had another quality start against NNU, throwing six innings while only giving up one earned run and three hits. Verhees leads the Knights in ERA with a miniscule 0.73 and is 2-0. Senior pitcher Gonzo Rios continues to be the go-to reliever out of the pen, with a 2.35 ERA and a team leading 18 strikeouts.

Junior outfielder Alex Golembiewski is coming off back to back multi-hit games. Golembiewski collected five hits, two runs batted in, and three runs in the Urban Knights series with the Nighthawks. Junior outfielder Thomas Delgadillo has maintained his astronomical .488 batting average over ART U's first 13 games and has the second highest batting average in the conference. Delgadillo has 20 hits, 10 runs batted in, and an OPS of 1.170.

POINT LOMA
In the PacWest preseason poll, the Sea Lions were picked to finish second in the conference and received two first place votes, while Point Loma's Micah Pries was selected as the PacWest Preseason Player of the Year. No. 17 Point Loma started the season with a three game series against Montevallo, winning both games of the doubleheader on day one, before taking a 16-2 loss the following day. Next, the Sea Lions took three of four games from No. 21 Cal State Monterey Bay. PLNU's first series loss came against UC Colorado Springs who defeated the Sea Lions two games out of three. Most recently PLNU took on Concordia in a non-conference series that they won three games to one, including a sweep of the doubleheader on the final day. Brett O'Toole is PLNU's leading hitter with a .366 batting average, but Micah Pries and Otto Kemp provide the production with a combined seven home runs and 18 runs batted in while hitting .348 and .340 respectively. PLNU is 19-5 all-time against the Urban Knights.

MANHARD NOTCHES RECORD BREAKING SAVE ON SPLIT DAY
On the final day of their home series against Northwest Nazarene, Academy of Art split the doubleheader with a pair of one run games at Laney College. In game two, junior pitcher Galen Manhard nailed down his fourth save of the season to break the career and single season saves record in less than one month as an Urban Knight. Read More.

LOOKING AHEAD
Academy of Art will continue PacWest play with a rematch against Holy Names who they swept earlier in the season. The conference series runs March 15-17 at Laney College in Oakland, California.